Are you for Women's Equality?

The class I took was MDG's and You. This class is about the 8 MDG's and one of them is women's equality. That's what this essay is about. We learned how women are objectified and how they are paid differently than men. There are many more subjects of inequality such as domestic violence, education, and military all these are covered in my essay.

Have you ever seen your father hurt your mother? Have you ever wondered how America's education for females compared with China's? Have you ever wondered how China’s military treats women in comparison to the United States? The United States and China are two of the most powerful nations in the world, so how do they treat their women?

Domestic violence is a huge problem in most places around the world, we are going to focus on America and China. In America 1 in 3 women have been victims of physical abuse by a partner during some time in their lifetime (Statistics). 1 in 5 women have been victims of extreme physical abuse (Statistics). That means over 33% of America's population has fallen victim to domestic violence regular or severe. Education is another problem in the US. Education for women in the U.S is getting better, but it's still not how it should be. When Harvard first opened in 1636, no schools allowed women. It took 200 years since it has opened for any school to allow women (dosomething). Does that give you an idea of women inequality? Women equality in the U.S military is improving, but it's still not 100% equal (Globalfirepower). Right now, about 220,000 positions are closed to women (Globalfirepower). But next year, all jobs are open to women (Globalfirepower). So it is getting better in the U.S.

In China, 61% of Asian women report experiencing physical and/or sexual violence by an intimate partner during their lifetime.That equals 3 in every 5 women (Statistics). 83% percent of perpetrators were men (Statistics) . There is obviously a massive problem with domestic violence around the world it has become a virus, but it's not the only problem. In China the situation is even worse than the U.S education women have a lower literacy rate than men (25 surprising facts about china's education system). Also, the percentage of women students at high-end universities in China is falling (25 surprising facts about china's education system). In China there really isn't any women inequality in the military because women have been in the military for a long time (Globalfirepower).

These two countries are fairly similar they both have domestic violence problems that are on a similar scale. They also have similar education problems, but the only difference is one is getting better and one is getting worse. America has been getting better for many years but China is going down in women inequality and education. They also currently very similar in military and the reason I say similar is because China has allowed women to fight since the time they started but the U.S is only now letting women become troops. As of next year the U.S will become as equal as China in terms of military.

In conclusion, the two countries have a few thing they can learn from each other. First off China needs to learn how to keep their women in school, the U.S knows how to do this. Second China has something to learn about domestic violence because the rates in China are much higher than the domestic rates in the U.S. And third the U.S has to learn about letting women in their ranks, as China has been doing for Centuries.

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